METHODOLOGY: use this template total of pages 8: 6 pages for methods, 1 page ethical consideration and 1 diagram (data collection figure-i drafted the figure, but please do a better one).
V. Methods (4-6 pages)
A. Context
1. Project types and design-I did my sample diagram (figure 3)-please redo it, nicer diagram.
2. Project site and population
3. Stakeholder analysis
B. Measures
1. Data collection procedures
2. Measures/tools (including reliability
and validity)
3. Methods employed to assess completeness
and accuracy of data
C.
Intervention (provide description sufficient such that others could
reproduce it)
1.
Project implementation plan (with protocol that includes needs assessment,
gap analysis, SWOT,
responsibility/communication plan, proposed training, proposed budget) (Graphic representations
in Appendix, with brief narrative in body of paper)
2. Timeline (with GANTT-type chart
that details specific steps)
3. Specifics of the team involved in
the work
D. Study of the intervention
1. Approach chosen for assessing the
impact of the interventions
2. Expected outcomes and were
they achieved
3. Approach used to establish
whether the observed outcomes were due to tthe intervention(s) (Model or framework
to establish that the change was an
improvement (e.g. IHI, PDSA, etc.)
E.
Data Analysis
1. Identify major variables (independent and
dependent variables)
2. Describe analytical/statistical tests
utilized
3. Qualitative and quantitative methods
used to draw inferences from the data from a practice (non-research)
perspective (including methods for understanding variation in the data, effects
of time as a variable, and any software used to analyze the data)
VI.
Ethical Considerations (≤ 1 page)
A. Human subjects’ protection
B. How the project is aligned
with the ANA Code of Ethics statement